diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index e5cc7e45f8..d3ae40151a 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ images/lazarus_about_logo.xpm -text svneol=native#image/x-xpixmap
 images/leftarrow.ico -text svneol=unset#image/x-icon
 images/leftarrow.xpm -text svneol=native#image/x-xpixmap
 images/logo_big.jpg -text svneol=unset#image/jpeg
+images/mainicon.ico -text svneol=unset#image/x-icon
 images/mainicon.lrs svneol=native#text/pascal
 images/mainicon.xpm -text svneol=native#image/x-xpixmap
 images/menu/menu_copy.xpm -text svneol=native#image/x-xpixmap
diff --git a/images/mainicon.ico b/images/mainicon.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..028e7e6f5d
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/mainicon.ico differ